Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Higher Order Thinking Skills- Questioning Toolkit

Higher Order Thinking Skills- Questioning Toolkit

Review information about using the Questioning Toolkit strategy at the link below, then follow the instructions to try the strategy:

Implementation Option #1:

Have students select a type of question (e.g., hypothetical, inventive, probing, clarifying) for the class period, entire day, or entire week from the Questioning Tookit.

Next, have them generate questions orally for that question type relating to the content introduced in class.

Implementation Option #2:

Create a class folder for each of the types of questions in the Questioning Toolkit and display on the wall.

Anytime a student asks one of these question types, reward the student by having him/her write down the question and placing their question in the correct folder. This process will help students categorize their questions and build greater sensitivity and awareness that different types of questions do exist and have value.

Quote from Website: "Portions of the Questioning Toolkit should be introduced as early as Kindergarten so that students can bring powerful questioning technologies and techniques with them as they arrive in high school."

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29 comments:

Love the idea of using the questioning toolkit as a stop and assess strategy while doing a lab or problem based learning activity in the science classroom. Allow student to have the freedom to respond to their own question choice in their lab notebooks at different stopping or check in points throughout the activity. Teacher calls out the category but then the students could pick the actual question they would like to respond to. Neat idea to make them stop and process or think through the how's, what's and why's of the science process and content in the midst of working through content.

I think it is imperative that students learn these inquiry skills at an early age (elementary) that way when they get to High School they the ropes and are more adapted for rigorous higher level thinking.

This strategy gets students to think more deeply about the content. It also gets them to realize that there are different types of questions. I can also see how well they are comprehending a particular topic based on the questions that they generate.

As students sit in the classroom, many have questions regarding the content and they often struggle verbalizing this. Some do not know how to ask the questions while others may not even understand what they need to ask. Through teaching students how to question at a young age, teachers are not only empowering students in the classroom, but they are also providing students with a life-time skill.

Using the questioning toolkit with students will help them to better ask questions and to know what questions to ask when they are struggling. It is a great idea to start in elementary school with the students so that it carried out throughout all years of their learning.

I think that the content dictates the types of questions that students have. I find that many of the questions that are asked in my class are clarifying in nature. Students are do not have a lot questioning skills and as a result they struggle at time to even formulate questions. Therefore, having them select a single type of question seems difficult for me to do. As a Chemistry teacher, clarification is often the type of questions I receive from my students. This helps me gauge what my students do and do not know and allows me to adjust my lesson to better meet the needs of those students.

Create a class folder for each of the types of questions in the Questioning Toolkit and display on the wall.Anytime a student asks one of these question types, reward the student by having him/her write down the question and placing their question in the correct folder. This process will help students categorize their questions and build greater sensitivity and awareness that different types of questions do exist and have value.

I agree with J.D. in blending the two options together. I think the students would have to be taught the types of questioning before you come implement this concept. Would be neat to do through out and then use as a review of the unit.

Having students select the type of question from a 'tool kit' gives them freedom of choice while gaining access to information they are trying to acquire. Having other students model the process would benefit our low-level learners, where they eventually would select the question as observed by their peers.

I agree. Modeling would be a great way to encourage other students. Perhaps a tool like Padlet could facilitate this process. It would allow students to pose questions anonymously, alleviating some of their anxiety.

I like the idea of using a common location to record good student questions. It gives them ownership of that question, and it provides a resource that we can refer back to later. "Remember when ____ asked us the question ___? Can we now answer that question, given what we know!"

I like the idea of a questioning tool kit. The resource says that each district should create a questioning tool kit. I feel that our district should undertake this endeavor. This would insure that students are learning questioning at an esarly age.

I agree with Mrs. Stuth that students need to learn these inquiry skills at an early age so when they get to High School they know the ropes and are more adapted for rigorous higher level thinking. I also like the idea mentions by Mrs. Trembly to have a common location to record good student questions.

I like the idea of using different types of questions in class and posting them for everyone to see. This would be very helpful for the kids to see the many different types of questions that you can ask.

I like the idea of using different types of questions in class and posting them for everyone to see. This would be very helpful for the kids to see the many different types of questions that you can ask.

ANDREA RWhat guidelines must you consider when using questioning strategies with your students? I THINK ONE MUST CONSIDER THE TYPE OF LEARNERS ARE IN THE CLASSROOM AND WHETHER YOUR CONTENT IS DRIVEN TOWARDS A HETEROGENOUS OR HOMOGENOUS MAKE UP OF ABILITY LEVELS.How could you utilize the Questioning Toolkit in your classroom? I TEACH A CLASS WHICH IS FORMATTED TO BE COMPLETELY SOCRATIC. THE MAJORITY OF MY LESSONS ARE DISCUSSION BASED AND STEM OFF OF QUESTIONS GENERATED NOT ONLY BY MYSELF BUT MY STUDENTS AS WELL. THIS TOOLKIT WILL BE HANDY IN GENERATING VARIOUS QUESTIONS TO MY CURRENT LESSONS.What challenges would you face in utilizing the Questioning Toolkit? MY BIGGEST OBSTACLE IS WHETHER I HAVE A CLASS OF TALKERS OR LISTENERS. SOME CLASSES ARE MORE WILLING TO DISCUSS THAN OTHERS, WHICH CAN IMPEDE THE OVERALL LESSON.Do you have other resources or ideas you would suggest for educators exploring ways of fostering student-generated questions? I SOMETIMES HAVE MY STUDENTS DO AN ACTIVITY WHERE THEY RESEARCH THE TOPIC FIRST SO THAT THEY HAVE A DEEPER BACKGROUND OF THE TOPIC AND CAN GENERATE MORE THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS.

Using the questioning toolkit would help students learn to ask better questions. I often get a student saying "I'm confused" but he/she can't tell me what he/she is confused about. Perhaps exploring deeper questions and having questions posted on my walls would help students ask more specific questions.

I would like more training on how to properly word higher level questions. Additionally, it would be helpful to know how to get students to think so that they are able to respond to high level questions.

I like the idea of using different types of questions when studying a piece of art and posting them for everyone to see. This would help my students understand that in art there is not just one "right" answer.

Using the questioning tool kit will help me to frame better discussion questions for my students. I would like them to able to handle real world situations using higher order thinking abilities. This type of questioning will help to achieve this goal. Carol Johnson

What guidelines must you consider when using questioning strategies with your students? Provide a Classroom Question Toolkit that once a student asks a higher-order question, the basic question can be used in small group discussion throughout future questions to the content learning.How could you utilize the Questioning Toolkit in your classroom? Gallery Walk/Post-It Exit CardWhat challenges would you face in utilizing the Questioning Toolkit? To initially begin, students would need access to understanding higher-order verbs to use in questioning. I would provide a go-to verb handout until students were familiar with questioning procedures. Do you have other resources or ideas you would suggest for educators exploring ways of fostering student-generated questions? No

Using the questioning tool kit will help me to frame better discussion questions for my students. I would like them to able to handle real world situations using higher order thinking abilities. This type of questioning will help to achieve this goal. Carol Johnson